On August 1st, Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken had 100 birthdays. How many moments of joy multiplied have we enjoyed from “a homesickness, a lovesickness”?
Ana Maria Fores Tamayo articles
Ana Maria Fores Tamayo is ABD in Comparative Literature from New York University, though she presently lives in Texas. She never completed her Ph.D. because motherhood got in the way: tenure and parenting do not mix. Thus she switched fields and worked in academic publishing for many years. She missed academia, however, and decided to return, only to find the Ivory Tower inhospitable to most educators. It did not take her long to take up their cause, beginning a petition for adjunct faculty, now with over 10,000 signatures. This grew into a Facebook forum for like-minded individuals to connect and organize. The past few years, Fores Tamayo expanded her work to reach out to those rendered invisible. She is trying to raise awareness of these marginalized peoples in order to erase borders. Her labor naturally grew from her work with students: DREAMers, undocumented students, and eventually asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America. Although this is heart-wrenching work, it is at the same time quite satisfying, being able to help others one to one. Working with diverse populations too, she is trying to make sure the disenfranchised become strong and have their voices heard. Her work can be seen in the Dallas/Fort Worth Refugee Support Network.
Read, Think, Inform, ACT: Transformation of the Written Word
This set is a bit of an eclectic mix of articles to interest Human Rights activists of all sorts: the humanitarian, the person who wants to learn more about the plight of the refugee not only in the USA but the world over
Sonnet LXIX by Pablo Neruda
Yesterday was Pablo Neruda’s birthday, and since he is one of my favorite poets, I dedicate this post to him, my translation of Sonnet LXIX from 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor
The Curse of the X Sound
Julio César Guerrero offers some recollections of a different topic, but nevertheless these are fascinating to language lovers and history buffs. Soon too, he will fill us in with the back story of the months of planning for the Caravana43
Marking 9 Months of Ayotzinapa Global Action
On Friday, June 26th at 7 pm, at the Puente Blanco in Dallas — or the Continental Bridge at 1001 Continental Street Via — please join us in our monthly Global Action For Ayotzinapa!
That Was Then and This is Now
I write this in anticipation of World Refugee Day, June 20th. I would like you to read the stories of refugees today, interwoven with my own tale of a better yesterday.
A Petition For Mexican Action on Guerrero Violence
In the face of violence by public security forces and the federal state in Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero, before and during the last election, we invite you to sign this urgent action online
Protest Denouncing Mexican Narco State Militarization
The people of Dallas are gathering this evening to denounce the apparently never-ending and plain grotesque atrocities of the Mexican Narco State Government, and demanding a stop to all this Brutality.
Global Action for Ayotzinapa Eight Months on May 26
After eight months of the Ayotzinapa student teachers’ disappearance, we would like to draw your attention to one of the student activists who was not part of the 43 disappeared and is very much alive in our search for justice.
Will Adjunct Faculty Become Human Rights Activists?
As adjunct faculty, we need to realize that the chances of a Rubén Garcia, a Freddy Gray, or a Michael Brown to succeed in life could very easily lie with us — in our classrooms, but outside them too — with us reaching out and giving our helping hand.